J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs on a Channel Coast’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845
D35603
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘65’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 65’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch appears to show cliffs on a Channel coast. It is unclear whether the source of smoke in the foreground is a small building or a steamer. There is a very slight continuation on folio 64 verso opposite (D35602). See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.
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Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cliffs-on-a-channel-coast-r1184021, accessed 26 April 2024.